1000+ images about Welsh pirate Henry Morgan on Pinterest | Cuba, Pirates and Caribbean Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Welsh pirate Henry Morgan 69 Pins49 Followers I have something in common with this guy...his place of birth was for the want of a better word... was my back yard when I was growing up as a kid. It was called-- Llanrumney Hall --A secret tunnel use to exist from the domed roof cellars to the wooded area about a distance of appox.300 yards. It is said to have been an old monastery taken apart I believe by Henry V111 Henry Morgan - Famous Pirate - The Way of the Pirates The Way Of The Pirates Famous Pirate: Henry Morgan The Buccaneer King Despite some of his actions were brutal and illegitimate, Henry Morgan was not a pirate. The Welshman was a magnificent buccaneer , certainly the most famous one . Described as a remarkable leader and a fearsome conqueror, he had a couple of legendary battles and unique tactics which brought him fame and wealth. Because of all his deeds, Morgan was a true hero of the Caribbean and the English nation.

Henry Morgan was born around 1635 in Llanrhymny, Wells. Already as a youngster, Henry was ambitious and very lively person who could not settle with a monotonous life in a quiet place. He decided to move on because he had a dream to be a sailor. Although Morgan wanted to gain wealth and fame as soon as possible, a pirate way of life was not in his interest. Therefore, he joined the England’s naval army to serve as a buccaneer . It is uncertain how Morgan arrived in Jamaica, but it happened in the in 1655, when island was occupied by the buccaneers. He joined the England forces which attacked and robbed Spanish colonies in the Caribbean . There he built his buccaneer career first as a common solider and soon as a respected sailor. By joining a famous captain, Christopher Myngs and his fleet on some of his expeditions, Morgan gained much more naval experience. Finally, in 1662, he became a captain of a small privateering vessel. His first successful raid was in 1664, when a group of buccaneer captains harassed together.

They plundered many ships and colonies on the coast of Yutacan Peninsula and the rich town Granada in Central America. All those attacks brought him a great financial income and also an excellent reputation . He bought a plantation on Jamaica and married his cousin , Mary Elizabeth. She was the daughter of Morgan's uncle, Colonel Edward Morgan, the governor of Jamaica. Edward Morgan died soon after, in attack on the Dutch colony. The new governor of Jamaica was Sir Tomas Modyford , who became a very good friend to Henry Morgan . Because of that friendship and his constant success, Morgan was promoted to a vice-admiral of the Jamaican fleet. Meanwhile, the Spanish activity increased in Cuba, so Mayford choose Morgan to lead the Jamaican fleet. In January 1668, more than 10 ships and over 500 soldiers sailed to Cuba. Once again Morgan turned nightmarish for Spain. The City of Puerto Principe was easily conquered without much loss. Problem was that this raid brought to his army only 50,000 pieces of eight. Many disappointed soldiers left Morgan. Fearless Henry planned another attack right away despite his army was almost halved.

Target was a fortified and a well-guarded town, Puerto Bello. The tactic that Morgan was using during this conflict was crucial . He anchored his ships far from the city and used the canoes to approach the city quietly at the night. The attack was quick, the guards were unaware and two of the three main forts were easily conquered. However, the third one was almost impossible to occupy. Then Morgan came up with a brilliant idea to use the imprisoned monks and nuns as a human shield. With that strategy they succeed to conquer the last obstacle. The Buccaneers captured the town and the governor of Panama was forced to pay a lot for the slaves. 250,000 pieces of eight were taken from that impressive raid. Next Morgan's terror took place in Venezuela in 1669. With 8 ships and 650 crewmen he conquered the city of Marcaibo. His buccaneers tortured many Venezuelan citizens almost like the cruelest pirates, in order to discover all hidden booty . At that time, Morgan was the indisputable king of all buccaneers . He had wealth, the most powerful army in the Caribbean , and what is most important, a constant success.

In most fights, Morgan performed such achievements that even Spaniards praised his bravery and leadership. With the powerful force of 1200 buccaneers and 30 ships, his last great attack began in 1670. It was the greatest challenge and his main goal - Panama. First he took fort, San Lorenzo, which allowed his troops to reach Panama through the jungle. However, it turnout that trip was much more exhausting than Morgan expected. He lost many people because of hunger and sickness. However, buccaneers' charismatic captain boosted everyone's moral and they finally reached their goal. An enormous number of Spaniards was gathered in order to defend the rich city, but they could to nothing against the supreme army of buccaneers. The city was taken in the great fight and then entirely plundered and demolished. That happened to be the last Morgan's raid . Actually, he did not know that he had committed act of piracy . England and Spain had been at peace when last attack occurred, so after his return to Jamaica, Morgan was promptly arrested by the new governor and shipped to England for a trial. However, that trail never happened. Morgan was a powerful and influential man with many great deeds for England behind him.

Although a prisoner of state, he has never been punished. Instead, he was honored by the King and promoted to the deputy governor of Jamaica. In the period between 1674 and 1682, he was still military active in defense of the island from the pirates. Retirement & Legacy of Henry Morgan The severity of the Morgan's destruction of Panama in 1671 reached such a level that entire city had to be re-established several kilometers from its original ruins, raising the tensions between Spain and England whose governments have signed a peace treaty year earlier in 1670. With treaty hanging on balance, English decided to promptly remove Henry Morgan from his military post. Morgan was arrested and ordered to return to England where he was stripped of his position in the Navy. However because his significant influence, Morgan was not punished for many of his horrific acts. He was knighted in 1674 and was awarded the position of the Lieutenant Governor position in Jamaica in 1675. Six years later in 1681, the relations between Henry Morgan and King Charles II were soured, which caused his removal from the governor position.

New appointment to the place of Governor could not be worse for Morgan, for it was awarded to his longtime political rival Thomas Lynch. Immediately after arriving on the post of Governor, Thomas Lynch launched several political attacks against Morgan, most successfully by promoting the 1678 book “De Americaensche Zee-Roovers“ (About the Buccaneers of America, today known as one of the most important reports concerning the 17th century Age of Piracy) written by the Alexandre Excqemelin who described him in the report as savage, bloodthirsty, and responsible for many horrific attacks against natives, naval shipping and citizens of the city of Panama. Morgan immediately counter-attacked, launching not only public campaign to discredit the book but also a libel suit in which he was awarded not only two hundred English pounds from the publishers of the book William Crooke and Thomas Malthus, but also a public retraction. Morgan spent rest of his life peacefully with his wife, on a big plantation. When he died in 1688, almost no buccaneers in the Caribbean were active. After the death of Governor Thomas Lynch, Morgan was reinstated to the Council in 1688.

That same year he died on August 25, many believing from Tuberculosis or dropsie. He left his estate to his two godsons and secured regular payments to his sister. Henry Morgan was buried in Palisadoes cemetery in Jamaica which was sunk into the sea during the 1692 earthquake that drove the majority of the Port Royal City, the wealthiest and largest city in West Indies, below the waves. In modern times Henry Morgan is remembered both as a historical figure that played prominent role in the Golden Age of the Piracy, as one of the most successful naval commanders who managed to take advantage of strained relationship between governments involved in the New World to launch his own buccaneering attack all across the Caribbean and gain significant wealth for himself, his crew and the English crown. The romanticized version of him is present in many films and books, including a mention in a popular Hollywood film franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean”. In the summer of 2011 was reported that the archaeologists from Texas State University managed to locate remains of the Morgan's sunk flagship “Satisfaction”.

Subsequent dives to the ocean flow managed to identify the wreck as a Spanish merchant ship “Encarnación” who sunk off the coast of Panama during the powerful storm in 1681. Name: Henry Morgan | PotC Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Killed by Jack Sparrow . "I am not just the Shadow Lord. Nor am I the useless pirate Henry that you found so very amusing. In fact, I am much older than you know, because I devised a way to live forever. I have been around for over a hundred years. I was a Pirate Lord myself. The truth is...I am Captain Henry Morgan of the second Brethren Court!" ―Henry [src] Sir Henry Morgan was a legendary Welsh privateer and a Pirate Lord of the Brethren Court . While working for England , he attacked Spanish possessions including Venezuela and Panama . Among his accomplishments were helping write the Code of the Pirate Brethren with " Bartholomew " at the dawn of the Golden Age of Piracy , becoming a knight of England, and being appointed lieutenant governor of Jamaica .

During the late 1680s, through unknown circumstances, he retreated to a secret hideout where he began to study alchemy , eventually discovering the secret of immortality and becoming known as the Shadow Lord. As the Shadow Lord, he was the greatest alchemist the Seven Seas had ever known and the fiercest pirate in the Caribbean , though no one knew it but him. Contents ― Jack Sparrow to Will Turner [src] Having taken part in Myng's successful plundering of Santiago de Cuba and Campeche, Mexico , Morgan returned to sea in late 1663. Sailing with Captain Jack Morris and three other ships, Morgan looted the provincial capital of Villahermosa. Returning from their raid, they found that their ships had been captured by Spanish patrols. Unperturbed they captured two Spanish ships and continued their cruise, sacking Trujillo and Granada before returning to Port Royal, Jamaica. In late 1665, Morgan commanded a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition against Providence and Santa Catalina. Henry Morgan's pirate flag Sent by Jamaican Governor Thomas Modyford , the expedition captured the islands, but encountered problems when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish.

With their leader dead, the buccaneers elected Morgan their admiral. With this success, Modyford began sponsoring a number of Morgan's cruises again the Spanish. In 1667, Modyford dispatched Morgan with ten ships and 500 men to free a number of English prisoners being held in Puerto Principe, Cuba . Landing, his men sacked the city and freed the prisoners before re-embarking and sailing south to Panama . Coming ashore near Puerto Bello, Morgan and his men overwhelmed the garrison and occupied the town. [4] After defeating a Spanish counterattack, he agreed to leave the town after receiving a large ransom. Though he had exceeded his commission, Morgan returned a hero and his exploits were glossed over by Modyford and the Admiralty. Sailing again in January 1669, Morgan descended on the Spanish Main with 900 men with the goal of attacking Cartagena. Later that month, his flagship, Oxford exploded, killing 300 men. With his forces reduced, Morgan felt he lacked the men to take Cartagena and turned east.

Attacking Maracaibo, Venezuela, Morgan plundered the town before sailing south into Lake Maracaibo and occupying Gibraltar. After several weeks ashore, Morgan sailed north, capturing three Spanish ships before re-entering the Caribbean. As in the past, he was chastised by Modyford upon his return, but not punished. Having established himself as the preeminent buccaneer leader in the Caribbean , Morgan was named commander-in-chief of all warships in Jamaica and given a blanket commission by Modyford to make war against the Spanish. Pirate Lord "At any rate, the second Brethren Court drew up the Pirate Code which has served us well. Two of the Pirate Lords, Morgan and Bartholomew, figured it out and wrote it down, and that's what we've all lived by ever since." Sir Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan By Ben Johnson | Comments Captain Morgan – famous today as the face of a brand of spiced rum. But who was he? Pirate? Privateer? Politician? He was born in 1635 in Llanrhymny, then a village between Cardiff and Newport, in South Wales, to a prosperous farming family.

It is believed he spent his childhood in Wales but how he came from Wales to the West Indies is uncertain. In one version he was ‘barbadosed’ or kidnapped and sent to work as an indentured servant in Barbados. This version was put forward by Alexandre Exquemelin, Morgan’s surgeon in Panama, in his writings which were translated into English, …the Unparallel’d Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English (sic) Jamaican hero…However when Morgan heard of these publications, he sued and Exquemelin was forced to retract this version. (This book is also responsible for Morgan’s notorious reputation, as Exquemelin alleges horrific atrocities on Spanish civilians by the privateers.) The most accepted version is that in 1654 Henry joined Cromwell’s troops under General Venables in Portsmouth. Cromwell had decided to send an army to the Caribbean to attack the Spanish. Morgan arrived at Barbados in 1655 as a junior officer in Cromwell’s forces and took part in the unsuccessful attack on Santo Domingo before taking Jamaica, a then largely undeveloped but strategically positioned island with a large natural harbour, from the Spanish.

Life on Jamaica was hard, with diseases such as yellow fever and attacks on the British by Maroons (runaway slaves), yet Morgan survived. After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Henry’s uncle Edward was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Henry later married his uncle’s daughter, Mary Elizabeth Morgan in 1665. By 1662 Henry Morgan had his first command as a captain of a privateer ship involved in an attack on Santiago de Cuba. A privateer was empowered by the British government, or a representative of the government such as the Governor of Jamaica, to raid and attack the Spanish on England’s behalf. Privateers were allowed to keep some of their plunder for themselves. So in a way, privateers could be thought of as ‘legal’ pirates. After several successful campaigns against the Spanish, by 1665 Morgan was already a wealthy man with sugar plantations on Jamaica, becoming a man of some status on the island.

His fame was also spreading, particularly after the successful attack on Puerto Bello in Panama in 1666 during which he took the town, held the residents to ransom and then beat off a force of 3000 Spanish soldiers, to return with an enormous amount of booty. 'Henry Morgan Recruiting for the Attack', Harper's Magazine, 1887 In 1666 he was made Colonel of the Port Royal Militia and elected Admiral by his fellow privateers. The ‘king of the privateers’ was then appointed Commander-in-chief of all Jamaican forces in 1669, and by 1670 he had 36 ships and 1800 men under his command. In 1671 he led an attack on Panama City, the capital city of Spanish America and reputed to be one of the wealthiest cities in the world, a great prize for privateers. Although outnumbered by the Spanish, Morgan’s reputation preceded him; the defenders fled and the city fell, burning to the ground. However all the gold and silver had already been moved to safety before Morgan’ attack.

To make things worse, it appeared a treaty had been signed between England and Spain, and the attack on Panama had actually taken place at a time of peace between the two countries. Word of the treaty had not reached Morgan in time to stop the attack. To appease the Spanish, an order to arrest Morgan was sent to the Governor of Jamaica who was at first reluctant to arrest his island’s most famous resident. However Morgan was transported to London under arrest where he remained a prisoner of state, charged with piracy. Back in Jamaica, without their leader the privateers were reluctant to engage the enemy and England was now at war again with Holland. Hearing of the troubles in the Caribbean and the risks to the very lucrative sugar trade, King Charles II (right) enlisted the help of the notorious Captain Morgan. The charismatic ‘pirate’ Morgan was knighted by the King and returned to Jamaica in 1674 as Lieutenant Governor. Morgan spent the rest of his life in Jamaica in Port Royal, a city infamous as the capital of piracy, where he spent his time on politics, his sugar plantations and drinking rum with his old privateer comrades.

The exact cause of his death on August 25th 1688 aged 53 is uncertain; some sources say tuberculosis, whilst others cite acute alcoholism. At the time of his death he was a very wealthy man indeed, with large sugar plantations and 109 slaves. Thanks to the ‘biographer’ Exquemelin and his tales of piratical exploits (and a brand of spiced rum!), Captain Morgan’s fame – or infamy - lives on. Tweet If you enjoyed this article, you might also like... Sir Francis Drake - Sir Francis Drake – to the Spanish, a wayward pirate; to the English, a hero. He could be considered a morally dubious hero in many ways, perhaps even a villain, but was still incredibly influential in Tudor times. The East India Company - The largest and most powerful company the world has ever seen ... Captain William Kidd - The most unfortunate pirate ever to sail the high seas! Sir George Somers - Sir George was an Elizabethan privateer, merchant trader, MP, military leader and founder of Bermuda (The Somers Isles), England's first Crown Colony.

He was also instrumental in ensuring the survival of the Virginian colony of Jamestownby sailing to their rescue from Bermuda (where he had been shipwrecked) with ... Advertising Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan English pirate Henry Morgan was born around 1635, in either Llanrhymny or Abergavenny, Wales, the son of Robert Morgan. Almost nothing is known about his early life, including exactly how he ended up in Jamaica. One story says that Morgan was sent to Barbados as an indentured servant as a boy and later joined the expedition of General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn in 1655 to escape his service, while another says that he willingly joined the Venables-Penn expedition at Plymouth in 1654. However he joined the expedition, it is generally agreed that he took part in the failed attempt to conquer Hispaniola and the subsequent invasion of Jamaica. Once Jamaica had been captured, Morgan elected to stay on the island, where he was joined by his uncle, Edward Morgan, who was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the island after the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. He married his uncle's eldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, later that same year.

Early Sea "Career" Sometime after his marriage, Morgan began sailing in the buccaneer fleets that were employed by the English to attack Spanish settlements. In late 1663, with Captain Jack Morris and three other ships, he looted Villahermosa, capital of the Mexican province of Tabasco. Returning from their raid, the buccaneers found that their ships had been captured by Spanish patrols. In what would become typical Morgan fashion, the buccaneers captured two Spanish ships and continued their cruise, sacking Trujillo and Granada before returning to Jamaica. In late 1665, Morgan was commanding a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition against Providence and Santa Catalina islands when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish. The buccaneers subsequently elected Morgan their Admiral and the expedition was successfully completed. Upon his return to Jamaica, Morgan was issued a formal privateer's commission by Governor Thomas Modyford. In 1667, Modyford dispatched Morgan with ten ships and 500 men to free a number of English prisoners being held in Puerto Principe, Cuba. After sacking the city and freeing the prisoners, Morgan and his men sailed south to Panama.

Landing near Puerto Bello, the buccaneers overwhelmed the garrison and occupied the town. During the attack, Morgan forced nuns and priests to place ladders against the city walls for his force. After defeating a Spanish counterattack, Morgan agreed to leave the town in exchange for a huge ransom. Although he had far exceeded his commission, Morgan was received as a hero by Modyford and the Admiralty. In January 1669, Morgan sailed toward the northern coast of South America with 900 men with the goal of attacking Cartagena, Colombia. Later that month, his flagship, Oxford exploded, killing 300 men. With his forces reduced, Morgan did not believe he had enough men to take Cartagena and turned toward Maracaibo, Venezuela, instead. After capturing and looting Maracaibo, he sailed south into Lake Maracaibo and took Gibraltar. He then captured three Spanish ships that had been sent specifically to capture him before re-entering the Caribbean and returning to Jamaica. Although he had once again far exceeded his commission, Modyford once again chose to reward rather than punish Morgan, by making him Commander-in-Chief of all warships in Jamaica.

Attack on Panama On December 15, 1670, Morgan, now in command of 1,400 men, recaptured the island of Santa Catalina; twelve days later he occupied Chagres Castle in Panama. From Chagres Castle, he led 1,000 men up the Chagres River toward Panama City, which was reached on January 18, 1671. During the ensuing battle, the Spaniards turned a herd of wild bulls against Morgan, but the bulls stampeded and helped rout the Spaniards instead. The city was subsequently looted and burned; it has never been conclusively determined whether the fire that consumed the city was set by Morgan and his men or the retreating Spaniards, or even whether it was intentionally set at all. Returning to Chagres, Morgan was stunned to learn that peace had been declared between England and Spain. Upon reaching Jamaica, he found that Modyford had been recalled and that orders had been issued for his arrest. On August 4, 1672, Morgan was taken into custody and transported to England. At his trial he was able to prove that he had no knowledge of the treaty and was acquitted.

In 1674, he was knighted by King Charles and sent back to Jamaica as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of all English forces there. Later Life After returning to Jamaica, Morgan oversaw the island's defenses and developed his vast sugar plantations. He was dismissed as Lieutenant-Governor after falling out of favor with the king in 1681, and from the Jamaican Council in 1683, but stayed in Jamaica. A heavy drinker much of his life, he died of cirrhosis of the liver on August 25, 1688. He was buried in Port Royal, but the graveyard in which he was interred and much of the city was lost to the sea as the result of an earthquake four years after his death. PantherBay.com - Pirate Bio -- Sir Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan The Down and Dirty on Sir Henry Morgan Primary Haunt First "great" Caribbean pirate (although he was really a privateer) Useful References David Cordingly, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates , especially Chapter 3. Sir Henry Morgan had an unlikely background as far as pirates are concerned.

Born to ï¿½respectable parentsï¿½ in Wales, he followed other family members and joined the military. His had a distinguished military career and this profession brought him to the West Indies. Morganï¿½s first experience in the Caribbean was difficult (to say the least). As part of a British expeditionary force, he attempted unsuccessfully to capture Hispaniola from Spain. Illness and the debilitating climate forced them to look elsewhere for conquest. Thus, the British expeditionary force successfully set its sites on Jamaica. Morgan was known as an exceptional military leader, and he began his pirating ways a privateer conducting raids in Central America, especially Panama (following in the historical footsteps of Sir Francis Drake ). At 32 years old, Morgan became Admiral of the Brethren of the Coast, the predecessors of what would become buccaneers. With a fleet of 12 ships, Morgan captured the Spanish treasure port of Portobello in Panama in 1668. (Cordingly has an excellent description of the events in Under the Black Flag .) Upon capturing the city, Morgan demanded a ransom of 350,000 pesos for the port.

The president of Panama actually gave him 250,000! (Thatï¿½s probably about $8 million U.S. dollars today. See how we figured this out by reading about Sir Francis Drake .) Morganï¿½s success and boldness made him a hero in Britain. When hostilities with Spain ceased shortly afterward, Morgan bought 856 acres near Chapleton Village on Jamaica. The site is still known as ï¿½Morganï¿½s Valleyï¿½. Although Spain and Britain were technically not at war, the Queen of Spain continued to wage war in the West Indies. Fearing for their safety, Jamaica commissioned Morgan as Commander in Chief of all the ships harbored in Jamaica in 1670. Morganï¿½s commission (from the Jamaican government) allowed him to do whatever was necessary to preserve the island. So, Morgan had at his disposal a fleet of 38 ships and sailing vessels with more than 2,000 men. This was the largest buccaneer fleet to ever sail the Caribbean. With this kind of support and firepower, Morgan set out to attack Panama again.

Morganï¿½s target was the city of Panama, then under the direction of Dan Juan Perez de Guzman. Don Juanï¿½s ï¿½secret weaponï¿½ was two herds of oxen that would be unleashed in a stampede on the attacking buccaneers. It didnï¿½t work. According to Cordinglyï¿½and what must be one of the funnier events in military historyï¿½the oxen were ï¿½simply shooed away by the buccaneers and sent back to the cityï¿½ (pp. 51-52). In retaliation, the retreating Spaniards blew up the city. While Jamaica was happy about Morganï¿½s success, England was not. Spain and England were technically at peace. In 1672, Morgan was arrested and sent to England. He spent two years waiting to find out what his fate would be. Finally, unwilling to imprison one of Englandï¿½s biggest celebrities of the time, King Charles III knighted him and appointed him Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. He would be responsible for defending the island from a potential attack by the French.

(Britain, France, and Spain were continually at war during this period, and alliances shifted often.) Morgan even became acting Governor of Jamaica for a while. Alas, and perhaps not unexpectedly, Morgan died at 53 years old on his estate, the victim of his own excesses (mainly alcohol) as a follower of the buccaneer life. Historical Note: We have used ï¿½Englandï¿½ and ï¿½Britainï¿½ interchangeably in this biography. This is technically incorrect. Britain is made up of three regions: England (South and Central), Wales (West), and Scotland (North). The United Kingdom, or U.K., includes Britain plus Northern Ireland and other territorial possessions. Captain Sir Henry Morgan - Biography Updated May 05, 2016. Henry Morgan - Early Life: Little information exists regarding Henry Morgan's early days. It is believed that he was born around 1635, in either Llanrhymny or Abergavenny, Wales and was the son of local squire Robert Morgan. Two principal stories exist to explain Morgan's arrival in the New World.

One states that he traveled to Barbados as an indentured servant and later joined the expedition of General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn in 1655, to escape his service. The other details how Morgan was recruited by the Venables-Penn expedition at Plymouth in 1654. In either case, Morgan appears to have taken part in the failed attempt to conquer Hispaniola and the subsequent invasion of Jamaica . Electing to remain in Jamaica, he was soon joined by his uncle, Edward Morgan, who was appointed lieutenant-governor of the island after the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. After marrying his uncle's eldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, later that year, Henry Morgan began sailing in the buccaneer fleets that were employed by the English to attack Spanish settlements. In this new role, he served a captain in the fleet of Christopher Myngs in 1662-1663. Henry Morgan - Building Reputation: Having taken part in Myng's successful plundering of Santiago de Cuba and Campeche, Mexico, Morgan returned to sea in late 1663.

Sailing with Captain John Morris and three other ships, Morgan looted the provincial capital of Villahermosa. Returning from their raid, they found that their ships had been captured by Spanish patrols. Unperturbed, they captured two Spanish ships and continued their cruise, sacking Trujillo and Granada before returning to Port Royal, Jamaica. In 1665, Jamaican Governor Thomas Modyford Morgan appointed Morgan as vice-admiral of and expedition led by Edward Mansfield and tasked with capturing Curacao. Once at sea, much of the expedition's leadership decided that Curacao was not a sufficiently lucrative target and instead set course for the Spanish islands of Providence and Santa Catalina. The expedition captured the islands, but encountered problems when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish. With their leader dead, the buccaneers elected Morgan their admiral. With this success, Modyford began sponsoring a number of Morgan's cruises again the Spanish. In 1667, Modyford dispatched Morgan with ten ships and 500 men to free a number of English prisoners being held in Puerto Principe, Cuba .

Landing, his men sacked the city but found little wealth as its inhabitants had been warned of their approach. Freeing the prisoners, Morgan and his men re-embarked and sailing south to Panama in search of greater riches. Targeting Puerto Bello, a key Spanish center of trade, Morgan and his men came ashore and overwhelmed the garrison before occupying the town. After defeating a Spanish counterattack, he agreed to leave the town after receiving a large ransom. Though he had exceeded his commission, Morgan returned a hero and his exploits were glossed over by Modyford and the Admiralty. Sailing again in January 1669, Morgan descended on the Spanish Main with 900 men with the goal of attacking Cartagena. Later that month, his flagship, Oxford exploded, killing 300 men. With his forces reduced, Morgan felt he lacked the men to take Cartagena and turned east. Intending to strike Maracaibo, Venezuela, Morgan's force was compelled to capture San Carlos de la Barra Fortress in order to move through the narrow channel approaching the city. Successful, they then attacked Maracaibo but found that the population had largely fled with their valuables.

After three weeks of searching for gold, he re-embarked his men before sailing south into Lake Maracaibo and occupying Gibraltar. Spending several weeks ashore, Morgan next sailed north, capturing three Spanish ships before re-entering the Caribbean. As in the past, he was chastised by Modyford upon his return, but not punished. Having established himself as the preeminent buccaneer leader in the Caribbean, Morgan was named commander-in-chief of all warships in Jamaica and given a blanket commission by Modyford to make war against the Spanish. Henry Morgan - Attack on Panama: Sailing south in late 1670, Morgan recaptured the island of Santa Catalina on December 15 and twelve days later occupied Chagres Castle in Panama. Advancing up the Chagres River with 1,000 men, he approached the city of Panama on January 18, 1671. Splitting his men into two groups, he ordered one to march through nearby woods to flank the Spanish as the other advanced across open ground. As the 1,500 defenders attacked Morgan's exposed lines, the forces in the woods attacked routing the Spanish.

Moving into the city, Morgan captured over 400,000 pieces of eight. During Morgan's stay, the city was burned however the source of the fire is disputed. Returning to Chagres, Morgan was stunned to learn that peace had been declared between England and Spain. Upon reaching Jamaica, he found that Modyford had been recalled and that orders had been issued for his arrest. On August 4, 1672, Morgan was taken into custody and transported to England. At his trial he was able to prove that he had no knowledge of the treaty and was acquitted. In 1674, Morgan was knighted by King Charles and sent back to Jamaica as lieutenant governor. Henry Morgan - Later Life: Arriving in Jamaica, Morgan took up his post under Governor Lord Vaughan. Overseeing the island's defenses, Morgan also further developed his vast sugar plantations. In 1681, Morgan was replaced by his political rival, Sir Thomas Lynch, after falling out of favor with the king. Removed from the Jamaican Council by Lynch in 1683, Morgan was reinstated five years later after his friend Christopher Monck became governor.

In declining health for several years, Morgan died on August 25, 1688, renowned as one of the most successful and ruthless privateers ever to sail the Caribbean. Selected Sources Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. New York: Random House, 2006 1000+ images about Welsh pirate Henry Morgan on Pinterest | Cuba, Pirates and Caribbean Pinterest • The world’s catalogue of ideas Welsh pirate Henry Morgan I have something in common with this guy...his place of birth was for the want of a better word... was my back yard when I was growing up as a kid. It was called-- Llanrumney Hall --A secret tunnel use to exist from the domed roof cellars to the wooded area about a distance of appox.300 yards.

It is said to have been an old monastery taken apart I believe by Henry V111 69 Pins49 Followers Sir Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan Remains: Missing (washed out to sea) Gender: Male Executive summary: Knighted pirate of the Caribbean Military service: British Navy (1654-73, to Admiral) Henry Morgan's father was a Welsh squire, but next to nothing is known with certainty of young Henry's childhood. By his twentieth year he was serving under General Robert Venables in the British military, and stationed in British Jamaica, where his uncle, Sir Edward Morgan, was Lieutenant Governor of the island. After marrying the Lt Governor's daughter (Morgan's first cousin), he was quickly promoted and given command of ten ships. Operating with the tacit permission of Jamaican governors, Morgan was allowed and encouraged to keep whatever he could steal, so long as he plundered the Spaniards. And this he did with great success, earning a fearsome reputation for villainy. His routine tactics were said to include torment and mass executions of troublesome locals, using Jesuit clergymen to shield himself and his men in battle, and other habits that would today be seen as crimes against humanity.

Accompanied by his fleet of Caribbean buccaneers, his conquests included Vilahermosa, Mexico and Gran Granada, Nicaragua. Sent to make war on Cuba in 1667, his fleet took the Cuban city of Puerto Principe, and then captured Portobelo, Panama, quickly withdrawing in exchange for a ransom from Panama's governor. In 1669 he seized and looted Maracaibo, Venezuela, torturing the populace until they died or told him where their treasures were hidden. When Spain sent three ships to block his escape, Morgan attacked the Spaniards by sailing one of his own ships -- purposely lit afire -- into collision with the Spaniards' 48-gun warship Magdalenand, which sank. Another Spanish vessel fled, and a third was captured and plundered. Morgan subsequently overran and claimed the treasures of Santa Catalina, then took the wealthy city of Panama, and burned it to the ground. In 1672 he faced charges in England, not for rape and pillage but for because his attack on Panama had violated a tentative treaty between England and Spain. He was found not guilty, knighted by King Charles II , and appointed Jamaica's Lieutenant Governor.

Eventually he was made Governor, but due to his near-perpetual drunkenness he did not last long as the island's administrator. He is believed to have died of alcohol-induced liver damage. He was buried in the Jamaican town of Port Royal, but his grave and most of the town sank into the Caribbean Sea in an earthquake, four years after Morgan's death. Father: Robert Morgan (squire) 1000+ images about Captain Henry Morgan on Pinterest | Spanish, Henry morgan and Sacks Forward The Extraordinary Adventures and Daring Exploits of Captain Henry Morgan, a Notorious Pirate, also a most singular and curious account of Captain Anstis, and two female pirates, Mary Read, and Anne Bonny, who were noted pirates for some years before their sex was discovered, together with the life of Captain Howel Davis, a pirate. London: G. Martin, 1813. 12mo. 34 pp. b/w frontispiece. pin

Question: Which Welsh pirate, born in 1635, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica in 1675?
Answer: HENRY MORGAN